Death's legendary 1987 debut, Scream Bloody Gore, is more than just an untouchable album - upon its release, it was positively genre-creating. Scream Bloody Gore founded the quintessential death metal sound, with more tormented riffs, screams, and leads than the world had ever imagined, and established Chuck Schuldiner's inimitable phrasing and songwriting style as the most singular voice in the burgeoning genre. Today, the album is viewed unanimously as one of the all-time most important cornerstones of death metal.

As the final chapter in Relapse's comprehensive Death reissue series,  Scream Bloody Gore will now receive the deluxe reissue treatment on a wide variety of formats including 2CD, Limited Edition 3CD, LP, Deluxe 2xLP Boxset, and cassette versions. Like the preceding Death reissues, the deluxe reissue of Scream Bloody Gore has been meticulously remastered from the original tapes by Alan Douches (Death, Mastodon, Nile) and includes a plethora of bonus content, including previously unreleased recordings and rehearsal demos, super-expanded packaging, and brand-new extensive liner notes from former Death drummer / Autopsy founder Chris Reifert, Sepultura's Max Cavalera, and original Scream Bloody Gore producer Randy Burns.

Stream the newly remastered version of "Baptized In Blood" below. Due for release on May 20th, physical pre-orders are available now via Relapse.com at this location. Digital pre-orders can be found via Death's Bandcamp page here.

Scream Bloody Gore (Deluxe Edition) tracklisting:

Disc 1
“Infernal Death”
“Zombie Ritual”
“Denial Of Life”
“Sacrificial”
“Mutilation”
“Regurgitated Guts”
“Baptized In Blood”
“Torn To Pieces”
“Evil Dead”
“Scream Bloody Gore”
“Beyond The Unholy Grave”
“Land Of No Return”

Disc 2
“Torn To Pieces” (Original Florida Session)
“Legion Of Doom” (Original Florida Session)
“Scream Bloody Gore” (Original Florida Session)
“Sacrificial” (Original Florida Session)
“Mutilation” (Original Florida Session)
“Land of No Return” (Original Florida Session)
“Baptized In Blood” (Original Florida Session)
“Regurgitated Guts” (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
“Sacrificial” (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
“Sacrificial” - Take 2 (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
“Torn To Pieces” (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
“Do You Love Me?” V1 (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
“Infernal Death” (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
“Zombie Ritual” (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
“Beyond The Unholy Grave” (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
“Do You Love Me?” V2 (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
“Denial Of Life” (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)

Disc 3
(Part Of) “Scream Bloody Gore” (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
“Legion Of Doom” (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
“Beyond The Unholy Grave” (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
“Scream Bloody Gore” (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
“Torn To Pieces” (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
“Mutilation” (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
“Torn To Pieces” (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
“Zombie Ritual” (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
“Land Of No Return” (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
(Part of) “Evil Dead” (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
“Baptized In Blood” (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
“Infernal Death” (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
“Denial Of Life” (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
“Death Metal” (Rehearsals 5/26/86)

“Baptized In Blood”:

“Zombie Ritual”:

Over the course of more than a decade and seven increasingly accomplished albums, Chuck Schuldiner, the architect behind the ubiquitous Death, became a bona fide heavy metal icon. Now widely recognized as the father of death metal (if a single candidate must be chosen, his résumé is about as good as it gets), Schuldiner's singular drive and ruthless creative vision guaranteed that Death would ever represent the cutting edge of the style's development.

Indeed, while the savagely raw aggression contained in Death's first three albums proved crucial to spearheading the first generation of death metal bands, the astounding musicianship and increasingly sophisticated songwriting found on their later-day efforts surely influenced even more groups to explore the limits of extreme metal's most progressive outposts. By all accounts a force to be reckoned with on-stage, Death also logged more frequent flier miles than perhaps any other band of their ilk, undertaking numerous far-reaching tours despite suffering from continuous and often acrimonious musician turnover within their ranks.

Throughout this long journey and drastic evolutionary curve, Schuldiner was to be the only constant, the effective mastermind behind Death's continually groundbreaking career, and, as proven by his near-canonization at the time of his untimely passing, arguably unequalled in stature within one of rock's most uncompromising style.